A Map for Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor
Published August 15th 2017 by Dial Books
368 Pages | Goodreads
We sat at the edge of the ocean—my sister Henri and I—inches apart but not touching at all. We’d been so sure someone would find us by now.
Emma had always orbited Henri, her fierce, magnetic queen bee of an older sister, and the two had always been best friends. Until something happened that wrecked them.
I’d trusted Henri more than I’d trusted myself. Wherever she told me to go, I’d follow.
Then the unthinkable occurs—a watery nightmare off the dazzling coast. The girls wash up on shore, stranded. Their only companion is Alex, a troubled boy agonizing over his own secrets. Trapped in this gorgeous hell, Emma and Alex fall together as Emma and Henri fall catastrophically apart.
For the first time, I was afraid we’d die on this shore.
To find their way home, the sisters must find their way back to each other. But there’s no map for this—or anything. Can they survive the unearthing of the past and the upheaval of the present?
MY RATING: (4/5)
REVIEW
This is a story of survival and complex sibling relationships.
Emma and Henri are teenage sisters in a strained relationship. While vacationing in Puerto Rico they decide to go on a boat ride with a couple of young boys they met on the island. An accident happens and they end up stranded on an uninhabited island with one of the guys.
The story is narrated from the point of view of Emma and alternates between the present and the past. This is a novel about sisterhood, first love and survival under extreme circumstances.
Overall I enjoyed it and recommend it to readers of YA, new-adult, and contemporary fiction.